Bed frame



Oct. 17, 1961 J. M. SILVERMAN ETAL ,0

BED FRAME Filed Jan. 2, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTORJY Jerome M /(r rmalr BY fl/lan I B /l tent- I 3,004,265 Patented Oct. 17, 1961 t me 3,004,265 BED FRAME Jerome M. Silverman and Allan Brill, Chicago, 111.; said Brill assignor to said Silver-man Filed Jan. 2, 1959 Ser. No. 784,766

1 Claim. (Cl. 176) The principal object of this invention is to provide an improved bed frame or the like, such as a Hollywood bed frame, which includes an improved support leg construction, an improved means for firmly mounting the support leg to the cross rail of the bed frame, and an improved means for pivotally connecting the cross rail to the side rail and reinforcing that connection. By reason of this invention an extremely strong and rugged bed frame is realized but, yet, one which may be inexpensively manufactured, which may be readily assembled and which is attractive in appearance.

Further objects of this invention reside in the details of construction of the bed frame and in the cooperative relationships between the component parts thereof.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon reference to the accompanying specification, claim and drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the bed frame of this invention showing the same in assembled condition.

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the bed frame of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is an end elevational view of a portion of the bed frame as taken along the line 3-3 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged plan view of a portion of the bed frame taken along the line 44 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view through a portion of the bed frame and taken along the line 5--5 of FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view through a portion of the bed frame and taken along the line 66 of FIG. 4.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a portion of the bed frame and taken substantially along the line 7-7 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the support leg used in the bed frame.

Referring first to FIGS. 1 and 2, the bed frame is generally designated at 10 and it includes a pair of angle side rails 11 and a pair of angle cross rails 12 which are pivotally secured to the side rails 11 at 13. The angle cross rails 12 are made in two parts which overlap each other and which are clamped together when the bed frame is assembled by means of clamps 14. By so making the cross rails in two parts, the width of the bed frame may be adjusted and also the cross rail parts may be swung under the side rails 11 about the pivots 13 for handling and shipping purposes. The bed frame is also provided with support legs 15 which are secured to the cross rails 12. The side rails 11 are provided at one end with brackets 16 which are utilized for securing the bed frame to a head board, not shown.

As shown more clearly in FIGS. 4 to 7, each angle side rail 11 comprises a horizontal flange 18 and an upwardly extending vertical flange 19, the side rails preferably being formed from suitable angle stock. The brackets 16 which are angle shaped in cross section are secured to the vertical flanges 19 of the side rails 11 by means of rivets 20. The brackets 16 are provided with slots 21 for securing the same to the head board.

The angle cross rails 12 comprise a horizontal flange 23 and a downwardly extending vertical flange 24, the cross rails 12 also preferably being formed from angle stock. An angle stopmember 25 having a horizontal flange 26 and a downwardly extending vertical flange 27 is abutted against the downwardly extending flange 24 of the cross rail, the horizontal flange 26 swinging under the horizontal flange 18 of the side rail when the cross rail is pivotally moved to a position normal to the side rail. The horizontal flange 26 of the angle stop member 25 is provided with an upwardly spaced tongue 28 which receives the horizontal flange 18 of the side rail when the bed frame is assembled. The angle stop member 25 may be formed from suitable angle stock and the tongue 28' may be suitably struck from the horizontal flange 26 of the stop member.

Each support leg 15 is preferably formed from angle stock and includes a pair of normally arranged vertically extending flanges 30 and 31. The bottom portions of the flanges 30 and Salem formed together as indicated at 32 to provide a tubular socket for receiving casters. T0- wards this end, the tubular socket is preferably provided with a caster socket member 33 which receives the caster pin, not shown. The flange 31, as shown in FIG. 8, is longer than the flange 30 and is bent over to form a horizontal ear 34. The vertical flange 27 of the angle stop member 25 is secured to one side of the vertical flange 24 of the cross rail and the flange 30 of the support leg is secured to the other side of the vertical flange 24 of the cross rail by means of a pair of rivets 36 extending therethrough. The horizontal ear 34 of the support leg also engages the horizontal flange 23 of the cross rail.

A washer 38 is interposed between the horizontal flange 23 of the cross rail and the horizontal flange 18 of the side rail and a pivot rivet 13 extends through these horizontal flanges, the washer and the horizontal ear 34 of the support leg for pivotally mounting the cross rail to the side rail. The interposed washer 38 operates to facilitate pivotal movement of the cross rail with respect to the side rail. Thus, the cross rail 12 may be pivotally swung under the side rail 11 for handling and transportation purposes and may be pivotally swung to a position normal to the side rail when the bed frame is to be assembled. The tongue 28 on the stop member 25 receives the horizontal flange 18 of the side rail when the cross rail is pivotally moved to the normal position so as to stop further movement beyond this position. The sandwiching of the horizontal flange 18 of the side rail between the tongue 28 and the horizontal flange 26 of the stop member 25 also operates to reinforce the pivotal connection between the side rail and the cross rail. Any forward and backward twisting movement of the leg 15 and cross rail 12 with respect to the side rail 11 is strongly resisted by the rivet 13 and the stop member 25 and its tongue 28 whereby a strong and rugged reinforced pivotal connection is provided. The horizontal ear 34 on the support leg 15 which is firmly secured in place against the horizontal flange 23 of the cross rail by the pivot rivet 13 also operates firmly to resist twisting movement of the leg 15 with respect to the cross rail 12, whether such twisting movement is forward or backward or sidewards. Since the support leg 15 is secured to the cross rail 12 at spaced apart points and in different planes by the rivets 36 and the pivot rivet 13, an extremely strong and rugged leg construction is provided. Shear stresses on the rivets 36 are substantially eliminated by the horizontal ear 34 of the support leg being secured to the horizontal flange 23 of the cross rail.

While for purposes of illustration, one form of this invention has been disclosed, other forms thereof may become apparent to those skilled in the art upon reference to this disclosure and, accordingly, this invention should be limited only by the scope of the appended claim. 7

We claim as our invention:

In a bed frame or the like, an angle side rail having a horizontal flange and an upwardly extending vertical flange, an angle cross rail having a horizontal flange and a downwardly extending vertical flange, a vertically extending angle support leg having normally arranged verti cally extending flanges with the bottom portions thereof formed together to provide a caster receiving socket, one of said flanges of the angle support leg being longer than the other flange and being bent over to form a horizontal ear, an angle stop member having a horizontal flange and a downwardly extending vertical flange, a plurality of rivets extending through the vertical flange of the stop member, the vertical flange of the cross rail and said other flange of the support leg for mounting the stop member on one side of the cross rail and the support leg on the other side of the cross rail with the horizontal ear of the support leg engaging the horizontal flange of the cross rail, a washer arranged between the horizontal flanges of the side rail and cross rail, and a pivot rivet extending through the horizontal flange of the side rail, the washer, the horizontal flange of the cross rail and the horizontal ear of the support leg for pivotally securing the cross rail to the side rail and for reinforcing the mounting of the support leg on the cross rail, the horizontal flange of the stop member swinging under the horizontal flange of the side rail and being provided with an upwardly spaced stop tongue for receiving the horizontal flange of the side rail when the cross rail is pivotally moved to a position normal to the side rail to stop movement of-the cross rail beyond that position and to reinforce the pivotal connection of the cross rail to the side rail.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,772,424 Roche Dec. 4, 1956 

